Dominance
A Dominance was the colloquial name of a region of governance in the Final Empire of Scadrial. They were divided into ten geographically distinct regions. They were similar feudal states, each plantation owing allegiance to higher lords that controlled the region, and then dominance, but were all beneath the Lord Ruler.
Inner Dominances
Central Dominance
Politics
This dominance can found in the center of the Final Empire, and holds the city of Luthadel, capital of the Final Empire. It was the most politically significant dominance in all the Final Empire. Although it was is the smallest dominance in terms of land area, it was more populous then any other as well. The Great Houses all maintained noble keeps here to keep their fingers on the pulse of the empire. Noble balls and other sources of intrigue kept the nobles entertained. This was the economic center of the Final Empire and fortunes were regularly won and lost through business dealings and backstabbing.
The Lord Ruler's influence is pervasive here. The obligators and Inquisitors of the Steel Ministry are never far away. They kept the nobles in line, witnessing contracts, both large and small. The Luthadel had a large underworld element which survives through theft and trickery. Large and violent mass executions serve to remind both skaa and nobles alike that the Lord Ruler reigns supreme.
Geography
The Central Dominance had the most mild weather in the Final Empire, with little snow or ashfall. It's good for grazing land as well. The land under Luthadel is rich with metal, most notably tin and brass. Another interesting trait of the Central Dominance is the massive complexes of caves located within its borders. The River Channerel runs through Luthadel and the Central Dominance on its way to the Southern Sea.
Resources & Economics
The most important resource that the Central Dominance produces is atium, from the
Notable Locations
Places of interest included the Pits of Hathsin, as well as Ruin's Shardpool located within. The the ashmount Tyrian. The Well of Ascension is also located here, in a cave complex beneath Kredik Shaw, adjacent to the first storage cache.
Eastern Dominance
Places of interest included the Conventical of Seran
Western Dominance
Capital: Tremredare and then Fadrex City
Southern Dominance
Capital: Austrex
Northern Dominance
Capital: Urteau
Outer Dominances
Terris Dominance
Capital: Tathingdwen
Places of interest included mount Derytatith, the location of the Well of Ascension prior to the Ascension of the Lord Ruler.